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“You might feel anxious about work-related problems, taking a big exam, or making an important decision. But someone who suffers from panic disorder may react to those same moderate pressures with an exaggerated physical reaction-as if he or she were about to be attacked by a wild tiger or fall from a great height. It’s full-on, adrenaline-pumping, fight-or-flight response.” For this very reason, Rothbaum says, panic attacks are doubly frightening. “Because there is no real danger that provokes them, these episodes can happen anytime, anywhere”-including while walking down the street, dining out with a group of friends, grocery shopping-even sleeping, according to the National Institute of Mental Health . Over time, many who suffer panic attacks develop an on-going fear of having another attack. This fear can severely hamper daily activities and overall quality of life. Some people refuse to leave their houses or to put themselves in situations that remind them of their previous attacks. For the original version, visit http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/panic-attack

8 Things To Understand About Panic Attacks & How To Deal With Them

Did you also know which superhero happens to be an expert on panic attacks? Batman! In this episode ofThe Arkham Sessions, we discuss the episode Fear of Victory from Batman: The Animated Series . In this classic episode, the menacing, sadistic villain Scarecrow escapes from Arkham Asylum and targets all of Gotham Citys star athletes. But Scarecrows fear-inducing crimes are actually not the highlight of this episode. Rather, its the sudden onset of Robins panic attacks, his struggle to overcome his fears, and Batmans surprising expertise in anxiety treatment that take center ring in this satisfying episode. For the original version, visit http://comicsalliance.com/arkham-sessions-fear-of-victory-podcast/

Avoiding anxiety triggers is also important.The phrase trigger warning gets used a lot in feminist activism and academia (lately, often times in a denigrating way). Personally, I dont go around telling other people what they shouldnt expose me to and instead worry about what I expose me to. I know Im not awesome in tiny, compact spaces, such as airplanes. I get really anxious when people are murdered in movies. A few years ago, I stumbled across a man domestically abusing a woman on my street and, quite understandably, I had a panic attack. So, when I can control it, I try not to expose myself to stressful triggers. (Conversely, if I start to feel panicky, Ill do things that have proven to make myself calmer, like going outside for fresh air or giving my husband a call.) 6. For the original version, visit http://www.thefrisky.com/2014-06-25/8-things-to-understand-about-panic-attacks-how-to-deal-with-them/

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT My goodness! I cant imagine what was written on the plaques that would cause such a kerfuffle. Were the plaques adorned with naughty words or dancing girls? No, my good readers they were not. It seems the questionable content to which the superintendent referred includes a pair of Latin crosses along with the words God and Holy Christian Church. CLICK HERE TO JOIN TODD ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSERVATIVE CONVERSATION! The plaques were posted at Mt. Peak Elementary School and Longbranch Elementary School. They both read: Dedicated in The Year Of Our Lord 1997 To The Education of Gods Children And To Their Faithful Teachers In The Name Of The Holy Christian Church Soli Deo Gloria. Stewart said both plaques have been covered up and will eventually be replaced. Source: School removes plaques honoring God | Fox News

Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia, National And World News From The AP

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 Virginia, National and World News from the AP Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control Associated Press | NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine Two columns of tanks and military vehicles rolled into southeastern Ukraine from Russia on Thursday after Grad missiles were fired at a border post and Ukraine’s overmatched border guards fled, a top Ukrainian official said. Echoing the comments by Ukraine’s Col. Andriy Lysenko, a top NATO official said at least 1,000 Russian troops have poured into Ukraine with sophisticated equipment, leaving no doubt that the Russian military had invaded southeastern Ukraine. “The hand from behind is becoming more and more overt now,” Brig. Gen. More: Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia, National And World News From The AP

Census Bureau report. He spent five years researching and getting sponsors. He dedicated his company to his mother, who raised him without getting any of the child support she needed. “Knowing my mother went through the same circumstances, I decided somebody needs to do something about this problem,” Patterson said. “I decided to create this initiative based on the needs, not how the system works.” The project is a team effort by the Custodial Support Law Firm, a nonprofit agency called the Custodial Support Foundation and Bounty Alert, a company also founded by Patterson that apprehends parents who have left the jurisdictions of warrants to pay their child support. In its less-than-conventional office, the project offers “unconventional” legal assistance that parents often cannot find on their own, said Patterson, who has a weekly public access talk show on child support. For custodial parents seeking payments, the project offers investigative services and bounty hunters to locate MIA parents often fathers and determine their assets. Source: RV outside family court offers legal advice on child support to New York, New Jersey parents | Star Tribune

Bachelor in Paradise Recap: A Surprise Exit, A Possible Threesome – Us Weekly

25, at the moment when AshLee called Graham’s name to give him the rose, and Graham just up and walked away. Let’s recap! We open on Graham freaking out, telling Michelle he needs to sit down and see a medic. Clare is hoping his sudden breakdown means he’s “starting to see the real AshLee,” but no such luck. Despite everyone else’s objections, he happily accepts the rose once he’s back on his feet. Immediately afterward, Lacy says she’s going to be sick and runs off to the bathroom to throw up. More: Bachelor in Paradise Recap: A Surprise Exit, A Possible Threesome – Us Weekly

“An invasion is an invasion is an invasion,” tweeted the Lithuanian ambassador to the U.N., Raimonda Murmokaite, who requested that the Security Council hold an emergency meeting on Ukraine on Thursday afternoon. “Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared Thursday, cancelling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council. “Today the president’s place is in Kiev.” Poroshenko urged his citizens to resist giving into panic. “Destabilization of the situation and panic, this is as much of a weapon of the enemy as tanks,” Poroshenko told the security council. As Poroshenko spoke, the strategic southeastern town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of separatists and their Russian backers, a new, third front in the war in eastern Ukraine between the separatists and Poroshenko’s government in Kiev. Lysenko said the missiles from Russia were fired at Ukrainian positions in the southeast about 11 a.m. More: Russia sends tanks, 1,000 troops into Ukraine; leader urges citizens not to panic | Times Free Press

It has taken a decade, but the rise of online search along with Facebook and Twitter have helped content companies attack two of the three C’s. And in the last year, we have seen a full program to get the Commerce piece up-to-speed as challenged media models look to ecommerce revenue streams. Skittishness about maintaining separation of editorial and commercial church and state is dissolving about as fast as company margins are. The Five Hot Revenue Streams for Publishers in 2012 Every year at this time we take a look downstream- revenue stream, that is. Nearly a decade ago when I started writing these annual forecasts of money-making propositions that looked to be promising in the months ahead, most publishers were looking to wring what they could from the desktop experience. But the story of 2011-2012 is content’s migration to a host of new platforms and devices, each of which holds the promise (the promise, mind you) of altering the free-content models that bedeviled the web. Whether on or off the traditional web browser, many of the revenue-generating ideas are being influenced by a new age of apps. The Art of the Upsell: App-ifying Business Models Whether the future belongs to downloadable apps or web-based HTML5 sites, the fact of the matter is that the app sensibility born of widgets and the smartphone is going to inform the way in which digital content is built and distributed from now on. Read More: Follow the Money – EContent Magazine

Virginia Valdez, 72,will face one count each of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and assault with a deadly weapon in the Dec. 3, 2011 attack on her then-62-year-old husband when she is tried on Oct. 10. Virginia Valdez (courtesy Palm Springs PD) According to a police arrest warrant affidavit, Valdez and her husband were having oral sex when she announced that she had to brush her teeth, then retrieved a pair of scissors and cut the victims penis. Her husband, identified only as John Doe in the criminal complaint, got up in a panic and screamed in pain, Palm Springs police Detective Simon Min wrote in the affidavit. The husband drove himself to Desert Regional Medical Center, where he told police that his wife had tried to cut off his penis, according to the affidavit. Police did not say whether the man suffered permanent damage, but wrote that he required advanced medical (attention) that included four stitches. Valdez, who is free on $100,000 bail, was barred by a judge from having any contact with her husband, according to court records. Source: Trial Date Set For Palm Springs Woman Accused Of Trying To Cut Off Husband’s Penis With Scissors « CBS Los Angeles